Cement burial-vault.



EATENTED MAY 22, 1906. l G. E. OKET.

CEMENT BURIAL VAUET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1905.

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PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

G. B. OKBY.

CEMENT BURIAL VAULT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. 1905.

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PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

G. B. OKEY.

CEMENT BURIAL VAULT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.k

.Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed September '7i 1995. Serial No. 277.4117.

Be it known that l., GEORGE B. Orrin', a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county olf-Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements' in Cement Burial- Vaults; and I do hereby declare the following` to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtai ns to make and use the same.

My invention directed to the production of an improved cement burial-vault of sections; and the' object of my improvement the security of the casket and body by a vault the sections of which are assembled and fastened together by novel means at theplace of burial with little labor and time, and in the claims appended hereto l will point out the parts and combinations of parts which constitute my invention.

The following;n description, read in connection with the acconn)anyii'igg drawings, will enable any oncskilled in the art to which my .invention relates to umlcrstand and to practice my invention in the fori n in which l. prefer to employ it.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l shows in perspective the interior o'l a l'ialli-sectiim of a cement vatdt and the n'ieans by which the side, bottom, and top scc-tions of each longitudinal hall' are set up and fastened together. Fig. 2 shows in perspective the means by which' one oi" the ends oll the vault is secured to the' side sections, the sections being shown separated. Fig. 3 shows interior side view the means by which the meeting ends of the side sections are secured toether, the inner part oi' 'the wall being )roken away for that purpose. Fig. 4 shows in perspective the under side of a section of the lid and the means by which it is rendered self-fastening to the inner walls of the side sections. f Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section ot the vault. Fig. 6 lis a vertical long.'- tudinal section of the same. Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of the closed and finishedy vault. The vault is made of cement in two longitudinal half-sections, each of' separate side, bottoni, top and end sections, adapted to be assembled and fastened together with air and Water tight joints. Each bottom section l has an upper-surface shoulder-forming depression 2 around its side and end edges, in which are seated the side and end sections. The end sections 3 have inner-wall shoulderforming` depressions 4 around their vertical and top edges, wherein are seated the ends ol the sides and of the top sections, while..th.e inner walls at the top edges of the side sections have recesses vforming,r shouldersI 5, on which the lid-sections are seated. All the joints are square and rendered air and water tight by cement. Each section is molded with an embedded skeleton frame, preferably oi steel riveted bars 7 (shown by dotted lines) and which constitute the members of the Yliastenings for said sections.

The bars of the metallic fran'ics of the bottom and side sections are so arranged that their ends are caused to interlock in seating the side sections in the shmilder-iorming dcpressions of the bottom section. For this purpose the t-.iiiliiedded traine ol' the bottom section has a pair ot transverse bars 8 8, the ends S) 9 ol" which project beyond the shoulders of said depressions into correspomling;r recesses in the inner wall at the lower edge olI the side section Where they engage the ends l() l() oi the Vertical bars '7 7 ol. the embedded iframe of said side section', and whicl'i ends l() are bont to form the bottom oi' said recesses, as in Figs. l, 3, and 5.

sections at .four interlocking-points, so that the sides cannot be separated Afrom the bottom.

The meeting ends ot the bottom sections are secured in abutting relation by bolts ll, which engage the bent cndsfl 2 ol' the loiigitudinal bars 7 of said bottom cii'ibcdded frame, and for til-ris purpose thc bolts are countersunk in the upper surfaces olA the bottom joined sections. At thcirnn-ietingedgestlieso bottom sections are formed with shouldered depressions 13, which. when the bottom soctions are thus secured are lilled with cement and trowcled smooth, covering` the countersunk bolts, making this bottom joint watertight. The ond sections are secured to the side sections by angle ends oiflioplis l`4,st'a1i1ding down at the side edgesol the ,ends so as to engage countcrsl'mk ,leyes 15 in the shoulder-forming depression 16,1'11 which a vertical groove 17 is formed, leading from said eye l5 Each bottom section ',istherel'ore secured to the correspoinlo'lg side ICO l that they are mounted to swing and are lie dminating at or near each edge of the li and opening at the top edge of the side section', so that when the hooks are slipped down into the eyes and the end sections seated and cemented. on the bottom shouldered depressA sion 2 the groove 17 is filled with cement and the hooks and eyes being embedded i-n the cement forms a secure lock. I prefer to form these hooks on a transverse rod 18, which is a part of the embedded frame 7, as in Fig. 2.

At their meeting ends the side sections are formed with a groove 20, open at the inner Wall, as in Fig. 3. The mediate horizontal bars 21 of the embedded frames of the side sections terminate in eyes or hooked arms 22 in said Wall-grooves, so that the eyes are in vertical alinement and are locked by a rod 23, passed through said eyes Within said groove. The groove is 'then filled yvith cement and troiveled sino'oth, embedding the rod and its eyes and locking the side sections together.

The lid is of sections corresfending to the side sections and is supporte on the shohlders 5, formed on the inner iyaiis of the sides and end sections, -and' is preferably arched. The iid-sections are, like the other sectiens, vseparately set in place and their'join'ts sealed by cement. Each lid-section' is provided with concealed self-fastenings, and When fas` tened thcreis ne access to them frein the outside. A pecuharity of these fastenings up on the under s ide of the lid-at each of its side eriges, from which position they are tripper or released and caiised to fall or swing dovvn by gravity, and thereby automatically be'cpine engaged with projections on the inner walls of the side sectionsflocking the lid thereto.

A plate-spring 24 is niediately riveted on the 'under sido of the lid to a bar of the einbedded frame 7, the ends of the sprin'A ter-v A yoke 25 is pivotally hung by its Aen'ds to the ends 26 ofthe embedded franie 7, so that the yoke is ireeto` swing np and down dn its pivots. When "swung up, it is cahse'd t engage and be held up by the free ends of the spring 2li, and when it is tripped from its en yoo gagement with the end of the s' ring it falls by gravity against the inner wa l of the side section and is thereby caused to engage the bent ends 27 of a pair of Vertical bars 7 7 of the enibeddedlframe. The bar ends 27 for this p'i'npose stand out from the inner Wall, and the yoke 25 swings beneath" them and is held b'y gravity in locked engagement with them.

in setting the lid-sections the yokes ,are each held up to the lid by the free ends ofthe spring, asin Fig. 4, and the lid-joints havin been cemented Veach of the yokes are tripped and released from their engagement with the ends of the springs by inserting a rod 28 through a hole29 in the lid, so as to engage and prese the ends of the spring down, an

thus allow the yokes to slip off and fall into locking engagement with the hook ends on the Walls of the side sections, the holes being then closed by cement.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that each section of the vault is constructed with novel means by which the several sections are secured together quickly and With little ylabor and the'fastening means. concealed entirely Wit-hin the closure of the vault and that the lid is secured by novel devices concealed Within the vault and Which in their vlockinfr function are not accessible frein' the ontsi e.

Anadvantege incident to the ineens I ernploy for securing the iid is that the lid can be se't in place and remain nnfastened for jini'- poses desirable to remoye it and the nal steps of securing it taken by inserting refds through 'the holes in the lid to trip each end of the locking-yoke from its engagement With the lends of the lid-spri11g,at the same time to let the yoke swing down into locking' engageseetions, and the employment of a pair of dialllocks for each yoke gives amore extended fastening to the lid along both its side edges.

me-nt with the embedded frames in the Side 7 It is also important to note that While the I 'embedded metal frain'es reinforce the' cement walls they serve by integral parts the direct ineens of connecting and securing the sections together at their joining edges.

I have shown in Fig. 3 a singie hook e ten-' sio'n of each embedded frame coiiple tofether by a yerti' al embedded Coupling-rod for securing the sit Y yiosly each frame may have a plurality 'of such coupling-arms in engagement with said embedded rod.

Obyioiisly the fastening device for the side sections (shownin Fig. 3) may be iise'd for. fastening the meeting ends of thel hottoin sections in the lace of the bolts. A

The inner si es at the top edge of each side ad end section are recessed, forming. the s tiiilder 5', While the edge of the lid isjbeyeled, forming thereby a gutter, Which when the lid is placed in position is filled Jwith 'cement, tvhlch unites the lid to the sides andA ends; and makes a water-tight joint. Hooks 30, fastened in the' embedded frames of the lidese'ctions and prbjebting' aboye the cement, Se'rye for the attachment of straps for lower? ing the' lid-sectitins te their seats, theernr l beddedy frames iving' the necessary lifting strength to the lgi'ooks, as the frames cannot pull out of the body of the ceirient. T he lidsections hai/ing been roperly seated and IOO e sections together; init ebsealed, the y'vhole top sur ece ef the lid, includp ing the edges ofthe sides and ends, is eeyered with ce1" ent, lWhich covers also the hooks, so that t e 'Vault Will have the appeare ance of a solid blot-.k of granite. All the sections interlock with ea'cli other when assembling th'eni except the lid, which is locked when desired, and the only parts requiring manual labor to fasten are the two screw-bolts to unite the bottom sections.

I claimv i l. lin a sectional burial-vault, a bottom of sections, an embedded frame in each section,

each 'frame havinga pair of arms each terminatin in uncovered angle ends at the joining of sai sections, said frame having also a pair of arms projectingat the opposite side edges and terminating in straight uncoveredends, side sections each having an embedded frame, each frame having a pair of vertical arms' terminating in angle ends in recesses at the lower edges of sal;l sides, the side projecting arms of the bottom frames freely enga-ging the said angle mds within said side recesses to lock the sides to the bottom,l and means for securing the angle ends of said bottom frames ogether. J

in a burial-vault of sections, the end sections, an embedded frame in each having a horizontal arm terminating at each vertical edge in an' angle end or hook, the side sections each having an eye on their inner walls into which the hooks are adapted to be slid to lock the' end sections to the sides, the said engaged parts being sealed in the side walls.

3. A burial-vault of two longitudinal halfsections, each half comprisingbottom, side, end and lid sections, each section having an embedded frame, the frame of the bottom section having a pair of arms terminating in uncovered angle ends at the joining of the bottom sections, vsaid frame also having a pair of arms terminating in uncovered ends at each side of said bottom section, the frame ci the side sections having a pair of arms terminating in uncovered angle ends in recesses in the lower edges of the side sections for engagement with the uncovered ends of the arms of the bottom section, and means for securing the side sections to the end section consisting of a member of the embedded frame of said end section terminating in crank-hooks standing down at the side edges of said end section and eyes on the inner walls of the side sections into which the said hooks are adapted for slidable engagement, and

means for securing the lid-sections to said Side sections.

4. A bnrial-vault of two half longitudinal sections, each half comprising separate bottom, side, end andflid, an embedded frame in each section, means for securing the side sections together'consisting of one Aor more arms projecting from said embed led frames terminating in a hook at the junction of said side sections and a vertical rod coupling raid hooked ends, the hodk-arm and the rod'being embedded in the walls and means foi securing the lid-sections to the side sections.

In a burial-vault and in combination with a metallic frame embed'ifled'in each of its vertical sides, and having members terminating in projections on the inner walls, a lid supported on said sides, a yoke pivotally mounted on the under side of the lid for envgagement with said frame projections for locking the lid, and means attached to the under side oi the lid whereliy the yolres are held in positions to tall by gravity inte locking engagement with said wall projections.

6. In a burial-vault, a lid, a yoke pivotally mounted on its under side at each edge and parallel thereto, a spring secured transversely of the lid with its free ends terminating in such relation to said yolres as to engage and hold them up out of locking positions, and means whereby each end of the spring may be depressed to trip the yokes to allow them to fall, and means for lockigg them,

7. In a vault-lid a transverse plate-spring on the under side of said lid terminating in free ends, a pair of yokes each pivotally mounted on the under side of said lid parallel with and near each side edge in such relation to the free ends of said spring as to be caused to become engaged therewith, projections on vthe inner side wall arranged to engage eacli end of the yoke, a hole inthe lid atV each free end of said spring, and means introduced through said holes in engagement with said free ends oi the spring for tripping the yokes which are thereby caused to swing down in locking engagen'ient with said side-wall projections.

8. In a vault, its vertical sides having inward wall projections, the lid, a pair of yokes monntedte swing up and down on the under side of the lid in locking relation te said wall projections, means carried by the lid for re taining the yolres out ol" locking engagement, and means whereby the yokes are tripped to cause them to swing by gravity into locking engagement with said wall projections.

9. A burial-vault of separate molded secn tions, a frame embedded in each section, the frames in the side sections having each a pair of arms each terminating in an angle end in a recess at the lower edge ci the inner wall, the frame ofthe bottom section having a air of arms the ends whereof project into sai walire'cesses in engagement with the angle of the side trames, thereby locking the side sections against vertical separation from the bottom..

10. A bnrial-vault of separate molded sections, a .frame yembedded in each section, the frames of the side sections having each a pair of arms each terminating in an angle end in a recess at the lower edge of the inner wall, the frame of the bottom section having a pair of arms the ends whereof project into said wallrecesses in engagement with the angle ends of 'the si de frames thereby locking the side sec tions against vertical separation, the-frames oi the end sections having each a member the ends ot' which terminate in" hooks at their opposite vertical edges, an eye on the stions, the side sections, and means on their inner walls adapted to be engaged by said yokes.

In testimony whereof I name to this speoeaton in the presence of lowe subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE B. OKEY.

Witnesses: i

L. A. E. STORCH, y H. R. THOMSON.

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